A Woman Waits in Dust for the Freeing of Two Brothers
A long, desolate Texas town scene follows a mother who guards her two imprisoned brothers, living under the watch of a jail and a sun-scorched plaza. After months of waiting, a dramatic midnight raid frees the prisoners, and the mother heads fifty miles to meet them on their return home as night folds over the landscape.
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Comanche
Sto Heraelf
Purple Mountains
Golden Valley
Him
Jim
Jong
Dub
3facMillan's Magazine
Syrios
Amorgos
iNew York Tribune
Nice
Cold Springs
Professor Rice
New York
Pennsylvania
John Gibson
Tronpelean County
Wis
Jefferson County Union
Wisconsin
Europe
Alps
France
Switzerland
America
No human heart butegoed in selfishness rises above love
A fragmentary reflection on human selfishness and motherly sacrifice quotes a teacher’s harsh lesson about selfishness while noting a Germanic tribute and a remark on social provision. It mentions tobacco colorization and a New York Truth claim on subsistence budgets and tavern society.
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Dawnsy
Edward Atkinson
United States
New York
Habit of Snoring and Its Cure Tactics
A Kansas City Times interview with a renowned physician explains snoring as the vibration of the soft palate and uvula from dual airflow. Causes include childhood neglect and mouth-breathing. remedies range from anti-snoring devices to jaw bands, with anecdotes about sleepers and differing male versus female snoring patterns.
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Kansas City Times
Breakfast With Horace Gresley Recalled In 1865 Journal
A Cromifis letter recounts a 1865 breakfast with Horace Greeley at a Westmorland hotel near Union Square. Prof Packard and others joined, Greeley read a Citizen article attacking him and dismissed it as poor journalism. The tale notes his habits and a late thought on Chanfran’s epitaph.
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Horace Gresley
Cromifis
Packard
Mike Oreilly
Roosevelt
Greeley
Studer
Trading with Congo and the slave trade critique
The article discusses Congo trade abuses under European influence, detailing rents, rations, and the king’s duties, alongside slave trafficking, coercion by corregidors, and violence disrupting trade routes. It concludes with a reflection on Wilbur F. Storey and the Times as a monument to progress.
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Boston
Congo
Singster
Mafuca
Mocas
Rheumatism Causes and Diet Proscriptions in Old Age
The article cites overeating and meat overindulgence as a cause of rheumatism in the elderly, noting stiff joints and uric acid buildup. It argues for temperance in living to reduce aches and promote calm, linking diet to long life and ease of pain. It also mentions arsenic use in Colorado beetle control and its impact on soil productivity.
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Uttara
Pointe
Dougman
Colorado
Odd Tales of Pigeons and Candy Divisions
A whimsical tale shows Ned proposing to take the longer candy piece to share with Sandy, a playful dispute over division ends with Ned eating both pieces. A second anecdote recalls a white fantail pigeon enamored with a ginger beer bottle, performing comical courtship rituals until winter ends its antics.
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London Spectator
Titania
Hersell
Advice from an Expert on Stimulant Use in Society
The piece argues that stimulant demand is widespread in the country and cites temperance supporters who avoid liquor and other drugs. It warns against aromatic spirits, bicarbonates, phosphates, and overuse of quillrine, stressing the need to slow down and apply common sense to diet and rest.
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Atlanta
A Giant Staircase From Foothills To Everest Crest
A note imagines a staircase seventy five miles long with half a million steps from foothills to Mount Everest crest. If built by a nation of giants it would require at least three days to ascend.
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Felix E. Ostwald
Mount
Everest
Poker Tales From Missouri Card Sharps
A rugged Missouri anecdote describes a poker game where a player claims to have five jacks while another holds a straight and a flush. The exchange ends with disbelief and a warning to play carefully when a red eyed man with cattle smell asserts five jacks.
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Missouri
Missoury
Elegant Hating and Oysters in Epicurean Collation
A fragment notes oysters described as epicurean collection and mentions American canned frogs heading to France. The terse item hints at culinary trends and international trade.
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France
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Sandy
Sebet
New York Commercial Advertiser
Connecticut
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Fandtite
Lititz
Homberger
Eselbach’s Bakery
Lititz Pal
Horace Leschbach
Michael Roth
Sturgik
Litits
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A.W. Weikel
North Queen Street
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Mia
Anna Weber
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Lititz Drug Store
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Poker
T. A. Milchlack’s
Lititz, Pa
Delaw Cooper House
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Faris
Frank Evans
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George da Vie
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Tobias Stauffer Balumgi
Blige Stauter
Dewnore
All Ordera
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Strout
Penn Square
Lancarter, Pal
NEW Haven Coach Works
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Amer & Brunner
Markly
New Haven
Penn
Railroad Restaurant
Lititz PA
L. R. Hacker
Comtimental
East Chestnut Stop
Positn Ponn
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Columbia House
E. A. Hutton
North Broad Street
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Tadad Elphia
Sturgis
Seena
Chestnut Street
Pulladelpula
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